Tampa Bay Buccaneers special assistant Butch Davis said he will serve as a sounding board for new head coach Greg Schiano. "I will help with personnel decisions, evaluating talent at the combine and for the draft ... I'll be a sounding board for many things," Davis said.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers special assistant Butch Davis said he sees great potential in QB Josh Freeman. "I'd say this team definitely got the quarterback part right and in this league it starts with the quarterback," Davis said.

Updating a previous report, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are still expected to hire former NFL head coach Butch Davis as their senior defensive assistant but he will not be part of the coaching staff and will not work with any of the players so not to violate the terms of his buyout of his contract with the University of North Carolina.

Although there are reports that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Butch Davis as a defensive assistant, that is not yet a done deal. Davis' role with the team has yet to be determined. He could serve an advisory role only with Tampa Bay due to his contract with the University North Carolina, Davis' former team. Buried in Davis' contract with UNC – which fired him in July – is an agreement that Davis will get up to $1.7 million in severance payments from 2013 to 2015. The payments, however, would be made only in the event Davis was not employed as a coach elsewhere. If Davis was to take a job coaching elsewhere, the amount of his new coaching salary would be deducted from the payments owed by the university. As a result, Davis has yet to sign a deal with the Buccaneers, according to two sources.